List of British almshouses
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Berkshire
- Dixon's Almshouses, AldermastonAldermastonAldermaston is a rural village, civil parish and electoral ward in Berkshire, South-East England. In the 2001 United Kingdom Census, the parish had a population of 927. The village is on the southern edge of the River Kennet flood plain, near the Hampshire county boundary...
- Donnington Hospital, DonningtonDonningtonDonnington may refer to:*Donnington, Berkshire**Donnington Castle*Donnington, Gloucestershire*Donnington, Herefordshire*Donnington, Oxfordshire**Donnington Bridge*Donnington, Shropshire, in the parish of Wroxeter and Uppington...
, Bucklebury & Iffley, Oxon - St Peter's Almshouses, BrimptonBrimptonBrimpton is a rural village and civil parish in Berkshire, South East England, with a population of 613. The village is located between the River Kennet and the River Enborne, and is near the Hampshire county boundary.- History :...
- John Isbury's Almshouses, LambournLambournLambourn is a large village and civil parish in the northwestern part of the ceremonial county of Berkshire in England. Its metropolitan district has a population of 4,017, and is most noted for its associations with British National Hunt racehorse training....
- Place's or Jacob Hardrett's Almshouses, Lambourn
- St Mary's Almshouses, NewburyNewbury-In the United Kingdom:* Newbury, Berkshire**Newbury **Newbury Racecourse**Newbury F.C.**A.F.C. Newbury**Newbury R.F.C.**Newbury Building Society**Newbury Weekly News**Newbury College**Newbury railway station...
- Pearces Almshouses, Newbury
- Coxedd's Almshouses, Newbury
- Newbury Church & Almshouse Charity Almshouses, Newbury (Newtown Road & Harvest Green)
- Kimber's Almshouses, Newbury
- St Bartholomew's Hospital, also known as King John's Almshouses, Newbury
- Raymond's Almshouses, Newbury
- Essex Wynter Almshouses, Newbury
- Mabel Luke Almshouses, Newbury
- Robinson's Almshouses, Newbury
- Vachel AlmshousesVachel AlmshousesVachel Almshouses is a terrace of almshouses in the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire.- History :In 1634 almshouses were built in St Mary's Butts, which were called 'St Mary’s Almshouses'. The almshouses were built by Thomas Vachel...
, ReadingReading, BerkshireReading is a large town and unitary authority area in England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London.... - Andrew's Almshouses, also known as the Widow's House, SpeenhamlandSpeenhamland, BerkshireSpeenhamland is a district of Newbury, Berkshire, which gave rise to the Speenhamland system of poor relief in the early 19th century. It lies to the north of the River Kennet, between the centre of Newbury and the village of Speen to the north-west....
Bristol
- Colstons AlmshousesColstons AlmshousesColstons Almshouses is a historic building on St Michaels Hill, Bristol, England.The almshouses were founded by Edward Colston for 24 inmates....
(built 1691) - Foster's AlmshousesFoster's Almshouses, BristolFoster's Almshouse is a historic building on Colston Street, Bristol, England. The almshouse was originally founded by bequest from 15th century merchant John Foster in 1482....
(founded 1482) - Merchant Venturers AlmshousesMerchant Venturers AlmshousesMerchant Venturers Almshouses is a historic building on King Street, Bristol, England.It was built around 1696 by the Society of Merchant Venturers for convalescent and old sailors to see out their days, and still provides sheltered accommodation...
(built c.1696) - St Nicholas's AlmshousesSt Nicholas's AlmshousesSt Nicholas' Almshouses is a historic building on King Street, Bristol, England.It was built in 1652 to 1656, extended in the 19th century and restored 1961 by Donald Insall. The foundations of a bastion of the City Wall were revealed during restoration...
(built 1652–1656) - St Monica's Home of Rest, Cote Lane (1925)
- Bengough's Almshouses, Horfield Road
- Haberfield House, Hotwell Road
- Hill's Almshouses (now Stoneleigh House), Jacob's Wells Road
- Merchant Taylors' Almshouses, Merchant Street (1701)
- Holy Trinity Almshouses, Old Market Street
- St Ambrose Almshouses, Park Crescent
Cheshire
- Crewe Almshouses, NantwichCrewe Almshouses, NantwichCrewe Almshouses or Crewe's Almshouses is a terrace of seven former almshouses at the end of Beam Street in Nantwich, Cheshire, England. The present building was erected in 1767 by John Crewe, later first Baron Crewe, and is listed at grade II. It has a central projecting section topped by a...
(built 1767) - Harriet Hope Almshouses, NantwichNantwichNantwich is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The town gives its name to the parliamentary constituency of Crewe and Nantwich...
- Old Maids' Almshouse, NantwichWidows' Almshouses, NantwichThe Widows' Almshouses, also known as the Wilbraham or Wilbraham's Almshouses and as the Widows' Hospital, are former almshouses for six widows in Nantwich, Cheshire, England. They are located at numbers 26–30 on the north side of Welsh Row, on the junction with Second Wood Street...
(built 1705, now demolished) - Tollemache AlmshousesTollemache AlmshousesThe Tollemache Almshouses, also known as the Wilbraham Almshouses or Wilbraham's Almshouses, are six former almshouses in Nantwich, Cheshire, England. They are in two blocks of three cottages each, located on the north side of Welsh Row at numbers 118–128...
, Nantwich (built 1870) - Widows' Almshouses, NantwichWidows' Almshouses, NantwichThe Widows' Almshouses, also known as the Wilbraham or Wilbraham's Almshouses and as the Widows' Hospital, are former almshouses for six widows in Nantwich, Cheshire, England. They are located at numbers 26–30 on the north side of Welsh Row, on the junction with Second Wood Street...
- Wilbraham's Almshouses, ActonActon, CheshireActon is a small village and civil parish lying immediately west of the town of Nantwich in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of...
(built 1613) - Wilbraham's Almshouses, NantwichWilbraham's Almshouses, NantwichThe Wilbraham's Almshouses, also known as the Wilbraham Almshouses, are six former almshouses in Nantwich, Cheshire, England, located on the north side of Welsh Row at numbers 112–116 . Founded by Sir Roger Wilbraham in 1613, they were the town's earliest almshouses. They remained in use as...
- Wood and Garnett Almshouses, Nantwich
- Wood and Garnett Almshouses, Willaston
- Wright's Almshouses, NantwichWright's Almshouses, NantwichWright's Almshouses is a terrace of six former almshouses now located on Beam Street in Nantwich, Cheshire, England. The building was originally erected at the junction of Hospital Street and London Road in 1638 by Edmund Wright , Lord Mayor of London in 1640–41, and is listed at grade II*...
(built 1638)
Cornwall
- Poads Trust Almshouses, Menheniot
- Morval Almshouses, Morval
- Maids House, Quethiock
- Buller Almshouses, Barker’s Hill, Saltash
- Sir William Moyle’s Almshouses, Gallery Lane, St Germans
- Earle’s Retreat, Trelawney Road, Falmouth
- Mr Lanyon’s Almshouses, Halvarras Road, Kea
- Hugh Boscawen Almshouses, Tregony Hill, Tregony
- Kensey Place, Dockacre Road, Launceston
- Padstow Almshouses, Middle Street, Padstow
- Fowey Almshouses, 1 Cobb’s Well, Fowey
- Rashleigh Almshouses, Polmear Hill, St. Austell
- Almshouses, St. Stephen in St. Stephen Brannel
Essex
- Barfield's Almshouses, Dedham
- John Henry Keene Memorial Homes, ChelmsfordChelmsfordChelmsford is the county town of Essex, England and the principal settlement of the borough of Chelmsford. It is located in the London commuter belt, approximately northeast of Charing Cross, London, and approximately the same distance from the once provincial Roman capital at Colchester...
- Shen Place Almshouses, Shenfield
- Sir William Petre Almshouses, IngatestoneIngatestoneIngatestone is a small town in Essex, England, with a population of about 4500 people. To the immediate north lies the village of Fryerning, and the two form the civil parish of Ingatestone and Fryerning....
- South Weald Almshouses, South Weald
Herefordshire
- Coningsby Hospital
- The Lazarus Hospital
- Lingen Hospital
- Saint Ethelbert's Hospital
- Saint Giles' Hospital
- Williams' HospitalWilliams' HospitalThe Williams' Hospital was an almshouse in the English town of Hereford. The hospital was founded in 1601 by Richard Williams who was an attendant of Lord Cobhans and it provided housing for six elderly men.-References:*...
, HerefordHerefordHereford is a cathedral city, civil parish and county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, southwest of Worcester, and northwest of Gloucester...
(built 1601) - Prices Almshouses
- Aubrey's Almshouses
- Rudhall Almshouses (Ross-on-Wye)
Hertfordshire
- Baish Almshouses, Stanstead Abbots
- Harrison Almshouses, HertfordHertfordHertford is the county town of Hertfordshire, England, and is also a civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of the county. Forming a civil parish, the 2001 census put the population of Hertford at about 24,180. Recent estimates are that it is now around 28,000...
- Monson Almshouses, BroxbourneBroxbourneBroxbourne is a commuter town in the Broxbourne borough of Hertfordshire in the East of England with a population of 13,298 in 2001.It is located 17.1 miles north north-east of Charing Cross in London and about a mile north of Wormley and south of Hoddesdon...
- St Mary's Almshouses, Ware
- Bedford Almshouses, WatfordWatfordWatford is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, situated northwest of central London and within the bounds of the M25 motorway. The borough is separated from Greater London to the south by the urbanised parish of Watford Rural in the Three Rivers District.Watford was created as an urban...
- Warners Almshouses, HitchinHitchinHitchin is a town in Hertfordshire, England, with an estimated population of 30,360.-History:Hitchin is first noted as the central place of the Hicce people mentioned in a 7th century document, the Tribal Hidage. The tribal name is Brittonic rather than Old English and derives from *siccā, meaning...
- Skynner's Almshouses, Hitchin
- The Cloisters, Radcliffe Rd, Hitchin
Kent
- Nuckell's Almshouse, St. Peters, BroadstairsBroadstairsBroadstairs is a coastal town on the Isle of Thanet in the Thanet district of east Kent, England, about south-east of London. It is part of the civil parish of Broadstairs and St Peter's, which includes St. Peter's and had a population in 2001 of about 24,000. Situated between Margate and...
- St Thomas Almshouses, GravesendGravesend, KentGravesend is a town in northwest Kent, England, on the south bank of the Thames, opposite Tilbury in Essex. It is the administrative town of the Borough of Gravesham and, because of its geographical position, has always had an important role to play in the history and communications of this part of...
- Faversham AlmshousesFaversham Almshouses-History:Almshouses for six widows were founded and endowed by Thomas Mendfield in 1614.In 1721 Thomas Napleton founded and endowed houses for six men....
(built 1614) - Richard WattsRichard WattsSir Richard Watts was a successful businessman and MP for Rochester, Kent in the 1570s. He supplied rations for the English Navy as deputy victualler and supervised the construction of Upnor Castle...
Almshouses, Rochester - Foord Almshouses, Borstal
- Municipal Charities of DoverDoverDover is a town and major ferry port in the home county of Kent, in South East England. It faces France across the narrowest part of the English Channel, and lies south-east of Canterbury; east of Kent's administrative capital Maidstone; and north-east along the coastline from Dungeness and Hastings...
Lincolnshire
- Lord Burghley's Almshouse, StamfordStamford, LincolnshireStamford is a town and civil parish within the South Kesteven district of the county of Lincolnshire, England. It is approximately to the north of London, on the east side of the A1 road to York and Edinburgh and on the River Welland...
- Browne's Hospital, StamfordBrowne's Hospital, StamfordBrowne's Hospital is a medieval almshouse in Stamford, Lincolnshire. It was founded in 1485 by wealthy wool merchant William Browne to provide a home and a house of prayer for 12 poor men and 2 poor women.-The Hospital:...
- St Peter's Callis, Stamford
- Snowden's Hospital, Stamford
- Truesdale's Hospital, Stamford
- Williamson's Hospital, Stamford
- Hopkin's Hospital, Stamford
- Fryer's Hospital, Stamford
London
- Greenwoods Almshouses, CamdenLondon Borough of CamdenIn 1801, the civil parishes that form the modern borough were already developed and had a total population of 96,795. This continued to rise swiftly throughout the 19th century, as the district became built up; reaching 270,197 in the middle of the century...
- St Giles in the Fields Almshouses, Covent GardenCovent GardenCovent Garden is a district in London on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St. Martin's Lane and Drury Lane. It is associated with the former fruit and vegetable market in the central square, now a popular shopping and tourist site, and the Royal Opera House, which is also known as...
- Thrale Almshouses, StreathamStreathamStreatham is a district in Surrey, England, located in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is situated south of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.-History:...
- Waterman's Almhouses, PengePengePenge is a suburb of London in the London Borough of Bromley. It is located south east of Charing Cross.-History:Penge was once a small town, which was recorded under the name Penceat in a Saxon deed dating from 957...
- Abraham Dawes Almshouses, PutneyPutneyPutney is a district in south-west London, England, located in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is situated south-west of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London....
- Leathersellers' Close, BarnetBarnetHigh Barnet or Chipping Barnet is a place in the London Borough of Barnet, North London, England. It is a suburban development built around a twelfth-century settlement and is located north north-west of Charing Cross. Its name is often abbreviated to Barnet, which is also the name of the London...
Norfolk
- Fulmerston's Almshouses, ThetfordThetfordThetford is a market town and civil parish in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England. It is on the A11 road between Norwich and London, just south of Thetford Forest. The civil parish, covering an area of , has a population of 21,588.-History:...
- Great HospitalGreat HospitalThe Great Hospital is a medieval hospital that has been serving the people of Norwich, Norfolk, England, since the 13th century. It is situated on a site in a bend of the River Wensum to the north-east of Norwich Cathedral. Bishop Walter de Suffield founded St. Giles's Hospital, as the hospital...
, NorwichNorwichNorwich is a city in England. It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom...
(founded 1249)
Nottinghamshire
- Frances Longden AlmshousesFrances Longden AlmshousesThe Frances Jane Longden Almshouses were erected in 1852 in Bramcote, Nottinghamshire, for 4 poor women.The patron was Frances Jane Longden, the sister of John Sherwin Gregory of Bramcote Manor. She endowed the almshouses to provide accommodation for four poor women of the parish who were to...
, BramcoteBramcoteBramcote is a settlement in the Broxtowe district of Nottinghamshire, about five miles west of Nottingham. It was a separate village but is now a suburb of Greater Nottingham. Originally one of the main roads between the cities of Nottingham and Derby passed through the village centre... - Almshouses, Bunny
- The United Charities of Abel CollinAbel CollinAbel Collin was a benefactor in Nottingham. He established Abel Collin's Charity.-Family:He was the son of Laurence Collin.His sister, Fortune Collin, married Thomas Smith, founder of Smith's Bank in Nottingham.-History of the Charity:...
, Beeston - Willoughby AlmshousesWilloughby AlmshousesThe Willoughby Almshouses were erected in 1685 in Cossall, Nottingham.These were originally for "4 single poor men over 60 years of age and 4 single poor women over 55 years of age"....
, Cossall - Sloswicke's HospitalSloswicke's HospitalSloswicke's Hospital was erected in 1657 in East Retford, Nottingham.Richard Sloswicke’s will left money to found almshouses “for the maintenance of six poore old men of good carriage and behaviour to the end of the world.” The present building dates from 1806; an additional pair of houses was...
, Churchgate, East Retford - Holy Trinity Hospital, Hospital Road, East Retford
- Almshouses, Main Street, Grove
- Heath’s Hospital, Mansfield
- Plumptre HospitalPlumptre HospitalPlumptre Hospital was a charity in Nottingham providing almshouse accommodation for 599 years from 1392 to 1991.-History:John de Plumptre, Mayor of Nottingham, founded Plumptre Hospital in 1392. It was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary and supported two priests and "thirteen poor women broken...
(founded 1392), Nottingham - Canning TerraceCanning TerraceCanning Terrace was erected in 1837-1840 on Zion Hill at Canning Circus, Nottingham.It was built as a series of almshouses flanking the cemetery gatehouse, by the architect S.S. Rawlinson. It was named after George Canning, Prime Minister in 1827....
, Canning Circus, Nottingham - William Woodsend Memorial HomesWilliam Woodsend Memorial HomesThe William Woodsend Memorial Homes were erected in 1912-13 on Derby Road in Lenton, Nottingham.They were built as six almshouses in memory of local builder William Woodsend by his sons, Jack and Arthur. These almshouses have several conditions of tenancy including preference to be given to...
, Nottingham - Miss Cullen’s AlmshousesMiss Cullen’s AlmshousesMiss Cullen’s Almshouses in Carrington, Nottingham comprises 12 almshouses erected in 1882 They are also known as the Cullen Memorial Homes.They were paid for by Miss Elizabeth Cullen and Miss Marianne Cullen of Park Valley, Nottingham, in memory of their brother James Cullen, who died in 1878...
, Carrington, Nottingham - George Wills Almshouses, Clifton, Nottingham
- Daybrook AlmshousesSir John Robinson’s AlmshousesThe Sir John Robinson Almshouses were erected in 1899 on Mansfield Road, Daybrook, Nottingham. They are more commonly known as Daybrook Almshouses....
, Arnold, Nottingham - Mary Hardstaff HomesMary Hardstaff HomesThe Mary Hardstaff Homes, are 10 almshouses on Arnold Lane in Gedling, Nottingham.These were built as Almshouses in 1936 for the widows and orphans of miners by the builders Greenwoods of Mansfield. The design by the architect Thomas Cecil Howitt won the RIBA Bronze Medal in 1936 from the...
, Gedling, Nottingham - Albert Ball Memorial HomesAlbert Ball Memorial HomesThe Albert Ball Memorial Homes were erected in 1922 in Lenton, Nottingham.Alderman Albert Ball commissioned the building of the Albert Ball Memorial Homes in Lenton to house the families of local servicemen killed in action, in memory of his son, Albert Ball....
, Lenton, Nottingham - Norris AlmshousesNorris AlmshousesThe Norris Almshouses were erected in 1893 in Sherwood, Nottinghamshire.They comprise a row of eight one-bedroom houses for Ladies, designed by the architect Fothergill Watson and paid for by Mary Smith Norris in 1893 in memory of her brother John Norris.The charity objectives were to provide a...
, Sherwood, Nottingham - Dorothy Boot Homes, Wilford, Nottingham
- Almshouses, Perlethorpe cum Budby
Oxfordshire
- Angier's Almshouses, Wallingford
- Bread & Beef Almshouses, WitneyWitneyWitney is a town on the River Windrush, west of Oxford in Oxfordshire, England.The place-name 'Witney' is first attested in a Saxon charter of 969 as 'Wyttannige'; it appears as 'Witenie' in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name means 'Witta's island'....
- Castle's Almshouses, Guildenford
- Christ's HospitalChrist's Hospital of AbingdonChrist's Hospital of Abingdon is a charity with a long history, based in Abingdon, England.Christ's Hospital was established in 1553 by royal charter under the full name of the Master and Governors of the Hospital of Christ of Abingdon. Sir John Mason, an Elizabethan diplomat, served as the first...
, AbingdonAbingdon, OxfordshireAbingdon or archaically Abingdon-on-Thames is a market town and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England. It is the seat of the Vale of White Horse district. Previously the county town of Berkshire, Abingdon is one of several places that claim to be Britain's oldest continuously occupied town, with... - Drayton Almshouses, Drayton
- Ewelme Hospital
- Geering's Alsmhouses, HarwellHarwellHarwell may refer to:*Harwell, Nottinghamshire, England*Harwell, Oxfordshire, England, a village**RAF Harwell, a World War II RAF airfield, near Harwell village....
- Goring Heath Almshouses, Goring HeathGoring HeathGoring Heath is a hamlet and civil parish in the Chiltern Hills in South Oxfordshire. The civil parish includes the villages of Whitchurch Hill and Crays Pond and some small hamlets...
- Holloway's Almshouses, Witney
- Tomkins Almshouses, Abingdon
- Twitty's Almshouses, Abingdon
- Warwick Almshouses, BurfordBurfordBurford is a small town on the River Windrush in the Cotswold hills in west Oxfordshire, England, about west of Oxford, southeast of Cheltenham and only from the Gloucestershire boundary...
Somerset
- Blue House, Frome
- Gray's Almshouses, TauntonGray's Almshouses, TauntonGray's Almshouses on East Street, Taunton, Somerset, England were founded by Robert Gray in 1615 for poor single women. It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building....
- Helyar AlmshousesHelyar AlmshousesThe Helyar Almshouses were erected between 1640 and 1660 by William Helyar Archdeacon of Barnstable of Coker Court, East Coker, Somerset, England....
, East CokerEast CokerEast Coker is a village and civil parish in the South Somerset district of Somerset, England. Its nearest town is Yeovil, which is situated two miles north from the village. The village has a population of 1,781... - Partis College, BathPartis College, BathPartis College on Newbridge Hill, Bath, Somerset, England, was built as large block of almshouses between 1825 and 1827. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building....
- Sexey's HospitalSexey's HospitalSexey's Hospital in Bruton, Somerset, England was built around 1630 as almshouses. The West Wing and chapel have been designated as a Grade I listed building. The East Wing and gateway are grade II listed....
, BrutonBrutonBruton is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the River Brue seven miles south-east of Shepton Mallet, just south of Snakelake Hill and Coombe Hill, ten miles north-west of Gillingham and twelve miles south-west of Frome in the South Somerset district. The town has a... - St John's Hospital, BathSt John's Hospital, BathSt John's Hospital in Bath, Somerset, England, was founded around 1180, by Bishop Reginald Fitz Jocelin and is among the oldest almshouses in England...
- St Margaret's AlmshousesSt Margaret's AlmshousesSt Margaret's Almshouses are part of a 12th century leper colony in Taunton, Somerset, England.The building was founded as a leper hospital in the 12th century, Somerset Historical Environmental Records dates it to between 1174-1180 AD. Glastonbury Abbey acquired the patronage of the hospital in...
, TauntonTauntonTaunton is the county town of Somerset, England. The town, including its suburbs, had an estimated population of 61,400 in 2001. It is the largest town in the shire county of Somerset....
Suffolk
- The Downs Almshouses, Stoke-by-NaylandStoke-by-NaylandStoke by Nayland in the English county of Suffolk, lies close to the border with Essex in what is sometimes referred to as Constable Country. It contains a church, St Mary, part of the Deanery of in the Diocese of Chelmsford...
- Dreyer Almshouses, BungayBungay, SuffolkBungay is a market town in the English county of Suffolk. It lies in the Waveney valley, west of Beccles on the edge of The Broads, and at the neck of a meander of the River Waveney.-Early history:...
- The Almshouse, WickhambrookWickhambrookWickhambrook is a village and civil parish in the St Edmundsbury district of Suffolk in eastern England.Located around ten miles south-west of Bury St Edmunds, halfway to Haverhill off the A143.The village was recorded in Domesday as "Wicham"....
- Tooley's and Smart's Almshouses, IpswichIpswichIpswich is a large town and a non-metropolitan district. It is the county town of Suffolk, England. Ipswich is located on the estuary of the River Orwell...
- Trinity Hospital, Long MelfordLong MelfordLong Melford is a large village and civil parish in the county of Suffolk, England. It is on Suffolk's border with Essex, which is marked by the River Stour, approximately from Colchester and from Bury St. Edmunds...
Surrey
- Abbot's Hospital, [Guildford]
- St Mary's Almshouses, GodstoneGodstoneGodstone is a village in the county of Surrey, England. It is located approximately six miles east of Reigate at the junction of the A22 and A25 major roads, and near the M25 motorway.-History:...
- Whitgift Almshouses, CroydonCroydonCroydon is a town in South London, England, located within the London Borough of Croydon to which it gives its name. It is situated south of Charing Cross...
- Windsor Almshouses, FarnhamFarnhamFarnham is a town in Surrey, England, within the Borough of Waverley. The town is situated some 42 miles southwest of London in the extreme west of Surrey, adjacent to the border with Hampshire...
(built 1619)
Warwickshire
- Church Street Almshouses, Stratford-upon-AvonStratford-upon-AvonStratford-upon-Avon is a market town and civil parish in south Warwickshire, England. It lies on the River Avon, south east of Birmingham and south west of Warwick. It is the largest and most populous town of the District of Stratford-on-Avon, which uses the term "on" to indicate that it covers...
- Emily Payne and Elizabeth Saunders Homes, Stratford-upon-Avon
- Mary Newlands Almshouses, Stratford-upon-Avon
- John Roberts Almshouses, Stratford-upon-Avon
- Lord Leycester HospitalLord Leycester hospitalThe Lord Leycester Hospital is a retirement home for ex-Servicemen in Warwick, England, that is located next to the West Gate, on High Street.-Buildings and composition:...
, WarwickWarwickWarwick is the county town of Warwickshire, England. The town lies upon the River Avon, south of Coventry and just west of Leamington Spa and Whitnash with which it is conjoined. As of the 2001 United Kingdom census, it had a population of 23,350...
West Sussex
- Sackville CollegeSackville CollegeSackville College is a Jacobean almshouse in town of East Grinstead, West Sussex, England.It was founded in 1609 with money left by Robert Sackville, 2nd Earl of Dorset...
, East GrinsteadEast GrinsteadEast Grinstead is a town and civil parish in the northeastern corner of Mid Sussex, West Sussex in England near the East Sussex, Surrey, and Kent borders. It lies south of London, north northeast of Brighton, and east northeast of the county town of Chichester...
(built 1609)
Wiltshire
- Hungerford AlmshousesHungerford AlmshousesThe Hungerford Almshouses in Corsham, Wiltshire, England were built in 1668 for Lady Margaret Hungerford of Corsham Court. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building....
, CorshamCorshamCorsham is a historic market town and civil parish in north west Wiltshire, England. It is at the south western extreme of the Cotswolds, just off the A4 which was formerly the main turnpike road from London to Bristol, between Bath and Chippenham ....
(built 1668) - Somerset Hospital, FroxfieldFroxfieldFroxfield is a village and civil parish in English county of Wiltshire. The village is about west of the market town of Hungerford in West Berkshire, and Froxfield's eastern parish boundary forms part of the county boundary between Wiltshire and Berkshire....
Yorkshire
- Joseph Crossley's Almshouses, HalifaxHalifax, West YorkshireHalifax is a minster town, within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It has an urban area population of 82,056 in the 2001 Census. It is well-known as a centre of England's woollen manufacture from the 15th century onward, originally dealing through the Halifax Piece...
- Sir Francis Crossley's Almshouses, Halifax
- Waterhouse Homes, Halifax
- SaltaireSaltaireSaltaire is a Victorian model village within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District, West Yorkshire, England, by the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal...
Almshouses - Lady Lumley's Almshouses, Thornton-le-DaleThornton-le-DaleThornton-le-Dale is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England, about two miles east of Pickering. A thatched cottage in the village has appeared on countless calendars and chocolate boxes over the years...
- Ingram's Hospital, YorkYorkYork is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence...
(built 1630–1640)
External links
- List of English Almshouses associated with monastic institutions. (From Public Domain text, English Monastic Life.')
- Medieval Hospitals (Almshouses) of England, by Rotha Mary Clay. (Public Domain text, including daily life, care, and the 'Office at the Seclusion of a Leper'.)